Oscars 2013: Quotes from the stars

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"I think an adult audience is really rising up," the "Django Unchained" writer-director said, and that's a good thing. "That we're not making movies for teenagers anymore is kind of cool, especially now that I'm not a teenager anymore." He won the Oscar for original screenplay.

"I think an adult audience is really rising up," the "Django Unchained" writer-director said, and that's a good thing. "That we're not making movies for teenagers anymore is kind of cool, especially now that I'm not a teenager anymore." He won the Oscar for original screenplay. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)

The "Argo" director, with his fellow producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov, says he's done with the false modesty and not talking about his director snub. "No more humility," he joked backstage after "Argo" won best picture, the last -- and biggest -- of its three Academy Awards. "Naturally, I was disappointed, and a lot of people said it was something that was going to happen.... But you know what? You're not entitled to anything."

The "Argo" director, with his fellow producers George Clooney and Grant Heslov, says he's done with the false modesty and not talking about his director snub. "No more humility," he joked backstage after "Argo" won best picture, the last -- and biggest -- of its three Academy Awards. "Naturally, I was disappointed, and a lot of people said it was something that was going to happen.... But you know what? You're not entitled to anything." (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)